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our government has failed us. the republicans' pledge is a plan to stop, stop out-of-control spending and actually reduce the size of our government. >> a government is out of control in washington and we need to rein it in and begin a new drive for a smaller less costly and more accountable government in our nation's capital. these are the things that the american people are demanding and our pledge to america is that the republicans stand ready to get it done and beginning today. listen, when republicans were in charge of congress we made our fair share of mistakes. i think we've demonstrated over the last 20 months that republicans have heard the american people. when all of us, every single one of us on the house side pose their stimulus bill twice, we began to send a message to the american people we were serious. >> democrats, of course, ripped the pledge to america for containing what they call the same failed ideas from the bush years. >> republicans have made a pledge but it is a pledge to finish the job
our government has failed us. the republicans' pledge is a plan to stop, stop out-of-control spending and actually reduce the size of our government. >> a government is out of control in washington and we need to rein it in and begin a new drive for a smaller less costly and more accountable government in our nation's capital. these are the things that the american people are demanding and our pledge to america is that the republicans stand ready to get it done and beginning today....
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here's to the owners showing us the way. [trumpet playing "reveille" fades to silence] >>> right now on msnbc sunday, the pastor of a georgia mega church is expected to address his congregation this hour. we've got a live report coming up. >>> back to court, the american student known as foxy knoxy faces another trial this week in italy and we're going to tell you why. >>> yard sales, the woman known as octomom tries selling her stuff to avoid foreclosure. >>> good morning, everyone. i'm alex witt. this morning, the influential pastor at the center of a sexual scandal will address the allegations against him this morning. four men now say bishop eddie young lurd them into sexual relationships when they were teens. bishop long has denied all of the allegations. i'm joined now live by the reverend eugene rivers, pastor of the izuzu christian community and a msnbc political analyst. how are you doing? >> i'm well, alex thank you. and you? >> i'm well, thank you. first of all, your reaction to what's happening there in georgia?
here's to the owners showing us the way. [trumpet playing "reveille" fades to silence] >>> right now on msnbc sunday, the pastor of a georgia mega church is expected to address his congregation this hour. we've got a live report coming up. >>> back to court, the american student known as foxy knoxy faces another trial this week in italy and we're going to tell you why. >>> yard sales, the woman known as octomom tries selling her stuff to avoid foreclosure....
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please join us for the live edition of "countdown" every weeknight at 8:00 eastern/5:00 pacific. >>> sounding off. president obama goes face to face with americans frustrated with the economic slump. >>> feline fiasco. a woman in england faces the music for tossing a cat into a garbage bin. >>> and terror in the stands. horrifying moments as a bleacher packed with spectators collapses in brazil. good morning, i'm lynn berry. those stories and more are straight ahead. this is "first look" on msnbc. >>> we begin this morning with on the defensive. at a town hall held by cnbc in the nation's capital, president obama held his ground while frustrated citizens took turns taking shots at his economic strategy. the president repeatedly defended his policies while fielding pointed questions from americans who fear the worst from the economy. nbc's steve handelsman has more. >> quite frankly, i'm exhausted. i'm exhausted of defending you, defending your administration. >> reporter: self-described obama supporters laid into him live on cnbc's town hall. people like velma hart. >> that i voted f
please join us for the live edition of "countdown" every weeknight at 8:00 eastern/5:00 pacific. >>> sounding off. president obama goes face to face with americans frustrated with the economic slump. >>> feline fiasco. a woman in england faces the music for tossing a cat into a garbage bin. >>> and terror in the stands. horrifying moments as a bleacher packed with spectators collapses in brazil. good morning, i'm lynn berry. those stories and more are...
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it's now what i found, alex, it's affecting all of us. middle class schools were not giving kids the skills to have jobs in this new economy. >> i want to pick up about a very disturbing statistic that the film shares, davis. and you'll see know it's about the state of education in this country. let's talk about illinois where you report 1 in 57 doctors lose their medical licenses. >> right. >> 1 in 97 attorneys lose their law licenses. however, 1 in 2,500 have ever lost their credentials. it's accountability for teachers that are you saying it hasn't been there at this point? >> one of the things i did with this movie is i said i want to make this from the point of view of kids and parents. and from there point of view, they don't care about the debate versus charters versus district. they just want a great teacher. like you with your kids and me and my kid. they just want a great teacher. we're not doing enough to find -- keep -- inspire the best, keep the best, reward the best. but also the ones that aren't working, it's really tough b
it's now what i found, alex, it's affecting all of us. middle class schools were not giving kids the skills to have jobs in this new economy. >> i want to pick up about a very disturbing statistic that the film shares, davis. and you'll see know it's about the state of education in this country. let's talk about illinois where you report 1 in 57 doctors lose their medical licenses. >> right. >> 1 in 97 attorneys lose their law licenses. however, 1 in 2,500 have ever lost their...
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also, a family vehicle she may have been using. cadaver dogs went in and there could be have been a scent of human remains inside the apartment. and so based on some of the evidence that they collected, they were able to move forward with a couple of charges. one is aggravated child neglect and endangerment. the second is filing a police report. >> police believe the baby is alive. >> we can only hope for the best in any case. that's just what we hope for is the best in this particular point until we are proven otherwise. they are moving forward at this time and do think, unfortunately, something may have had happened to this child. so they need the mom to come clean with her story. they do not think she is telling the truth in this case. anyone with information in the area needs to come forward. once all the dna is processed, they may be able to figure out we need to search this particular area, this particular site or take this particular person into questioning. so that's really where they are at in the investigation. >> michell
also, a family vehicle she may have been using. cadaver dogs went in and there could be have been a scent of human remains inside the apartment. and so based on some of the evidence that they collected, they were able to move forward with a couple of charges. one is aggravated child neglect and endangerment. the second is filing a police report. >> police believe the baby is alive. >> we can only hope for the best in any case. that's just what we hope for is the best in this...
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and us would be just -- we the people. so it is time to put aside internal power grabs and greed and egos within the party and to fight united for what's right and beneficial for all americans. >> delores umbrage then put down the phone and tweeted. dr. freud would note that she misspelled reign. she used the regal version and with the o'donnell coming at the price. the democratic answer to all this? steal the tax cut mojo. next. ♪ [ female announcer ] kids who don't eat breakfast may not be getting the nutrition they need to keep their bodies strong. ♪ a nutritious start to the day is essential. that's w carnation instant breakfast essentials supplies the nutrients of a balanced breakfast. so kids get the protein and calcium they need to help build strong muscles and healthy bones. carnation instant breakfast essentials. good nutrition from the start. >>> president gets the message and gives it out. they are his tax cuts and the republicans are blocking them. that's next. first, the sanity break and the tweet of the d
and us would be just -- we the people. so it is time to put aside internal power grabs and greed and egos within the party and to fight united for what's right and beneficial for all americans. >> delores umbrage then put down the phone and tweeted. dr. freud would note that she misspelled reign. she used the regal version and with the o'donnell coming at the price. the democratic answer to all this? steal the tax cut mojo. next. ♪ [ female announcer ] kids who don't eat breakfast may...
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glad you are up with us this morning watching on msnbc or listening live on sirius xm radio. shoot me an e-mail and let us know why you are awake, or text the word awake followed by your response to 622639. the next 30 minutes will be your cram session for this tuesday, september 28th. record that rahm emanuel could be packing his things and leaving the white house by the end of the week. plus monday night football goes down to the final seconds. that's jay cutler from the vanderbilt university. look at him keep the bears undefeated. where did the bears come from? we'll tell you how this rivalry game with the packers came down to the last tick. first the news live at 5:30 a.m. at 30 rock in new york city. for the first time since the publication of bob woodward's new book "obama's wars" vice president joe biden is speaking out about his reported clashes with president obama on afghanistan policy. last night on lawrence o'donn l o'donnell's new show "the last word" lawrence asked the president what the situation in afghanistan would look like today if the administration had ad
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o'donnell will let us. republicans might win the white house in two months, they might even win the white house in two years. but our number one story tonight, it might be the fear of what happens in the next two decades that has fueled republican energy in this election cycle because the future of the republican party, maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but soon and for the rest of its life is a grim one. two days ago on his radio program, glenn beck suggested otherwise claiming that his fans represent this nation's political future. >> we have 30 million people in our footprint, 30 million people. well, that's 10% of the population. some people say that's only 10%, that's 10% of the population. here's the good news, this 10% is going to be the shelter for the other 90%. this 10% is going to -- out of this 10% will be the leaders of tomorrow. >> so who are these leaders of tomorrow? this alleged 30 million who buy whatever beck is selling? you're looking at them. this is his audience at his washington ra
o'donnell will let us. republicans might win the white house in two months, they might even win the white house in two years. but our number one story tonight, it might be the fear of what happens in the next two decades that has fueled republican energy in this election cycle because the future of the republican party, maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but soon and for the rest of its life is a grim one. two days ago on his radio program, glenn beck suggested otherwise claiming that his...
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pete williams joins us now from washington. pete, if this problem exists and it's harder to find, why? what's going on here? why is it more difficult to find these people? >> that was the interesting thing about the hearing today, tamarin. what they say is that the terror groups are moving away from the big complex, long-term planning operations that resulted in 9/11 with a lot of people. they're moving to quicker operations that are less complicated, fewer people involved, a shorter planning period. and, therefore, there's a smaller window during which the u.s. has the ability to detect and disrupt them. here's the way secretary napolitano described the issue. >> homeland security, in fact, begins with home town security. so we're working with a variety of recommendations made by a working group of our homeland security advisory council to aid local law enforcement in this effort. >> and director muller, bob muller, the director of the fbi, said there is a bright spot here, that more islamic organizations in the u.s. are willi
pete williams joins us now from washington. pete, if this problem exists and it's harder to find, why? what's going on here? why is it more difficult to find these people? >> that was the interesting thing about the hearing today, tamarin. what they say is that the terror groups are moving away from the big complex, long-term planning operations that resulted in 9/11 with a lot of people. they're moving to quicker operations that are less complicated, fewer people involved, a shorter...
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if you, do call us. tell us why, right? okay. >> exactly. >> what about soccer superstar david beckham. he's got some legal issues going on. >> he's got a libel lawsuit against bower publishing, the publisher of "in touch" magazine. they have a story this week from a call girl that said she had a roitantic trice with david beckham. he says these are not true. they are lies. >> how much does that taint him? >> there's been allegations in the past. i don't think it taints him at all. he's an athlete. he's got the wife and two kids. he's sending a message by putting this lawsuit out there saying it's not true. >> okay. alisha quarles, good to see you. >> well, you've heard the expression that everything is big in texas. there's a big exception, however in ft. worth. as you can see right there. look at those pint-sized ponies and the kids trotting them out there. they are hosting the miniature world horse show. they're little horses from around the globe. they'll be entered in a variety of contests to compete for prizes worth a
if you, do call us. tell us why, right? okay. >> exactly. >> what about soccer superstar david beckham. he's got some legal issues going on. >> he's got a libel lawsuit against bower publishing, the publisher of "in touch" magazine. they have a story this week from a call girl that said she had a roitantic trice with david beckham. he says these are not true. they are lies. >> how much does that taint him? >> there's been allegations in the past. i don't...
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a lot of us were iidiots in high school. would you tell us what's going on right now? >> i think that's what it looks like. it looks like at least the people in delaware, their don't care. look how much she brought in in the last week since she won her primary. it looks like people will say, it doesn't matter. >> good to see you, michelle. thanks so much. >>> that will do it for me, i'm chris jansing. see you back here at 3:00 eastern along with rachel maddow. today's senate vote on don't ask, don't tell. look who's here, thomas roberts. >> developing news, nine american servicemen are killed after a chopper crashes in afghanistan. we'll take you there live, bring you the latest developments. >>> plus, the senate debates. the military's controversial don't ask, don't tell policy. today, we'll talk to a former air force major who was discharged over that policy and now he's fighting back. >>> horrific video as a bleacher collapses at an auto race. what the heck happened there? we'll take a look. the smell of freshly juiced wheat grass and hand pressed shirts. whatever s
a lot of us were iidiots in high school. would you tell us what's going on right now? >> i think that's what it looks like. it looks like at least the people in delaware, their don't care. look how much she brought in in the last week since she won her primary. it looks like people will say, it doesn't matter. >> good to see you, michelle. thanks so much. >>> that will do it for me, i'm chris jansing. see you back here at 3:00 eastern along with rachel maddow. today's...
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psychologist jeff gardir joins us now. this isn't the only time we've heard of this situation where there are reality tv star that either leaves a show or moves to another career and take their own lives. what's the dynamic behind this? >> take their own lives or take somebody else's live. the whole issue of reality in itself. this isn't scripted. this is unscripted. these are real people with real issues and real problems. as we know with tv, we want people who are larger than life. therefore we're going to get these extreme personalities and the knife cuts both ways here. either these people are very stable and can bring that excitement due to their intelligence, or maybe they're over the top, and i think that's what we're seeing more of. being over the top and a little more unstable. >> dr. gardere, as we look into the past situation with the gordon ramsey show, for the most part he did pretty well after being in only one episode. so it wasn't in a series of episode, just one episode. his restaurant seemed to do well af
psychologist jeff gardir joins us now. this isn't the only time we've heard of this situation where there are reality tv star that either leaves a show or moves to another career and take their own lives. what's the dynamic behind this? >> take their own lives or take somebody else's live. the whole issue of reality in itself. this isn't scripted. this is unscripted. these are real people with real issues and real problems. as we know with tv, we want people who are larger than life....
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stay with us. in love with the most personalized most customized piece of furniture you will ever own. ♪ get that one piece right and the rest of the room will just fall into place. it starts with you introducing yourself to the world of ethan allen. see your ethan allen design center today for two beautiful ways to save. we need directions to go to... pearblossom highway? it's just outside of lancaster. sure, i can download directions for you now. we got it. thank you very much! check it out. i can like, see everything that's going on with the car. here's the gas level. i can check on the oil. i can unlock it from anywhere. i've received a signal there was a crash. some guy just cut me off. i'll get an ambulance to you right away. safely connecting you in ways you never thought possible. onstar. live on. >>> in today's true crime, the so-called beauty bandit says she stole thousands of dollars from miami area dollctors. she admitted to running without paying after receiving numerous plastic surg
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good to have you with us. tell us about the school itself and the goals of it and why you wanted to be a part of this. >> yeah, well, there were six of us who started the blue school, and three of us were founders of blue man group here in new york, and then our partners, and what we wanted to do was start a school that filled in the gaps of what -- the parts of our education we thought were missing. >> right. >> we had public education, we had private education. so we wanted to focus on creativity, sewing creativity into subject matter, having social and emotional learning, being on an equal weight of any academic subject and inquiry-based learning, and we wanted to talk to the children, the teachers, and the parents as a triad and build the school as a community. >> let's talk about the kids, though, because you went after the youth, the youngest ones. >> that's right. >> talking about 4, 5, 6-year-olds. why did you think it was early to target so young? >> it's very important in our view to star with this k
good to have you with us. tell us about the school itself and the goals of it and why you wanted to be a part of this. >> yeah, well, there were six of us who started the blue school, and three of us were founders of blue man group here in new york, and then our partners, and what we wanted to do was start a school that filled in the gaps of what -- the parts of our education we thought were missing. >> right. >> we had public education, we had private education. so we wanted...
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why are they against us trying to stimulate jobs by giving tax cuts to the middle class? why are they against us stimulating jobs by giving tax breaks to small businesses which, this fact, are the ones that create the jobs? why don't thiey think it's important to develop alternative energy and all the jobs that would flow from those jobs and encourage manufacturing to stay in the united states? why is it they don't support the president's proposal to continue our increase in infrastructure which would be necessary even if we had full employment? i know what they're against. they're against all those things. i just don't know what they're for. >> don't miss lawrence o'donnell's last word on the biggest issues and most compelling stories of the day. "the last word" airs weeknights at 10:00 p.m. time only on msnbc. >>> palestinian president mahmoud abbas said he will wait at least one week before deciding whether or not to quit middle east peace talks with israel. that development comes after the united states, france, england and the united nations expressed disappointment
why are they against us trying to stimulate jobs by giving tax cuts to the middle class? why are they against us stimulating jobs by giving tax breaks to small businesses which, this fact, are the ones that create the jobs? why don't thiey think it's important to develop alternative energy and all the jobs that would flow from those jobs and encourage manufacturing to stay in the united states? why is it they don't support the president's proposal to continue our increase in infrastructure...
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police say clementi's two classmates used a webcam to show it. some are now saying they should l-gqlqñ[ñs?1ç# serious. mike tiabbi is live. what else is the governor and others saying at this hour about this? >> reporter: yeah, there's a growing course of voices saying this particular incident should be prosecuted as a hate crime, not just a case of video or cyber bullying. but because of what was said by the two suspects, what was tweeted by one of the two suspects as the video was being streamed. dharun ravi tweeted this. roommate asked for the room till midnight. i went into molly's room and turned on my webcam. i saw him making out with a dude. yay. a reference to a homosexual encounter. right now the charges are only on privacy violation laws. ironically, the terrible accident happened just as this university was embarking on an effort to improve civility in this technological age. >> we don't create safe spaces. we're trying to create an entire campus where everywhere is safe. >> reporter: too late for this gifted 18-year-old student, t
police say clementi's two classmates used a webcam to show it. some are now saying they should l-gqlqñ[ñs?1ç# serious. mike tiabbi is live. what else is the governor and others saying at this hour about this? >> reporter: yeah, there's a growing course of voices saying this particular incident should be prosecuted as a hate crime, not just a case of video or cyber bullying. but because of what was said by the two suspects, what was tweeted by one of the two suspects as the video was...
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for us. when you look at it, you see the stark contrast, but you know the president has to put everything on the table to close that enthusiasm gap that we're talking so much about, that we're seeing between republican likely voters and democratic likely voters. >> no question about it. the white house hopes everyone looks at that rally that we saw at the university of wisconsin yesterday and says, what enthusiasm gap? he was still able to pack tens of thousands into an arena. the only issue is can he pack them into the polls? will they actually show up? these are folks who, of course, supported the president in 2008. they call them obama surge voters. the dnc is sending $50 million to try to get out this vote because in some of these key races, those young people, the ones that voted for the first time in 2008, could make the difference. and even today in des moines, iowa, as you said, the president hosting kind of a more intimate affair in somebody's backyard. he talked about that generatio
for us. when you look at it, you see the stark contrast, but you know the president has to put everything on the table to close that enthusiasm gap that we're talking so much about, that we're seeing between republican likely voters and democratic likely voters. >> no question about it. the white house hopes everyone looks at that rally that we saw at the university of wisconsin yesterday and says, what enthusiasm gap? he was still able to pack tens of thousands into an arena. the only...
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i'm glad you're up with us watching on msnbc or listening live on sirius xm radio. smooth me an e-mail at waytooearly@msnbc.com or text the word awake followed by your response to 622639. we'll read the best responses later in the show. the next 30 minutes will be your cram session for this thursday, september 23rd. a lot going on including the mellow white house response to the revelations in bob woodward's books, those revelations we told you about yesterday. >>> plus the only thing better than the man wearing a red spandex body suit is the guy who got picked up by jail by his parents still wearing the red spandex body suit. the greatest perp walk of all time. first to the news live at 5:30 a.m. here at 30 rock in new york city. we begin with a big development in the fight to reform the nation's public schools. "the new york times" reporting this morning that facebook founder and chief executive mark zuckerberg will donate $100 million to the troubled public school system in newark, new jersey. according to "the times" he will announce the gift on "the oprah winfr
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he said i used theresa. i used her for the money. i wanted money to go to new york and become a drug dealer. her lawyers say this guy is the real master mind. >> is she prepared to die? >> i spoke to her at the the end of august. she said she had a lot of good she could use. she's become a counselor to other women in prison. she said she understood it could happen and she was prepared for it. but she really wanted to be around for her children and grandson, even if she was in prison. >> did she understand, when you were able to speak with her. did she understand why she is facing the death penalty? i asked that based on the evaluation of her i.q. in her mind, she said she wasn't pulling the trigger, so she didn't think she was wrong. >> theresa lewis is scheduled the to die at 9:00 p.m. by lethal injection. >>> defense secretary robert gates is responding to the book "obama wars." the book details the leadup to the troop surge in afghanistan. secretary gates did not get into details of what he said to bob woodward. but he denied the
he said i used theresa. i used her for the money. i wanted money to go to new york and become a drug dealer. her lawyers say this guy is the real master mind. >> is she prepared to die? >> i spoke to her at the the end of august. she said she had a lot of good she could use. she's become a counselor to other women in prison. she said she understood it could happen and she was prepared for it. but she really wanted to be around for her children and grandson, even if she was in...
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keep us posted and let us know. >> will do. >> when we get a final tally on the vote. i want to bring in rachel maddox. as you know, a couple of the waivering republicans said you've got to give us a little more room for amendments here. harry reid said no. this is the result. >> well, there's a couple of things. first of all, it's a historic decision to filibuster the defense reauthorization bill. this is something that has passed 48 times in 48 years. it just passes. this is one of the things that just passes. and that's why actually you've seen over the years lots of amendments, lots of things passed that are attached to this. originally when don't ask, don't tell was instituted, it was passed as an amendment to this bill. in 2007, we saw republican senator orrin hatch attach the dream act to this bill. some of john mccain's campaign finance provisions have been attached to this bill. so republican objections that they are very upset about democratic amendments to this are a little strange, given how many amendments republicans have attached to it. also harry reid's
keep us posted and let us know. >> will do. >> when we get a final tally on the vote. i want to bring in rachel maddox. as you know, a couple of the waivering republicans said you've got to give us a little more room for amendments here. harry reid said no. this is the result. >> well, there's a couple of things. first of all, it's a historic decision to filibuster the defense reauthorization bill. this is something that has passed 48 times in 48 years. it just passes. this is...
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having us all work together. when students graduate with real skills, they can continue their education, go straight into the workforce. those partnerships, we all have to move outside our comfort zones and work together. that partnership here in new york i think can be a model for the country. >> mr. secretary, we're going to move across the sun belt now. we're going to go to arizona state university in phoenix. where syleste is watching with students at the campus. >> reporter: they're responding well. there's about 70,000 students on the campus. 5,100 are majoring in education. we have amber reyes here. she's considering a degree in education. she's here as a freshman. what's your question for the secretary? >> hi, secretary duncan. you guys mentioned that many school districts are cutting teachers. and actually my sister and her husband, as well as many of their colleagues were actually pink slipped last year. in their low-income inner city school that they work at. so i was wondering what are you beliefs con
having us all work together. when students graduate with real skills, they can continue their education, go straight into the workforce. those partnerships, we all have to move outside our comfort zones and work together. that partnership here in new york i think can be a model for the country. >> mr. secretary, we're going to move across the sun belt now. we're going to go to arizona state university in phoenix. where syleste is watching with students at the campus. >> reporter:...
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mike joins us. tell us how this unfolded. >> reporter: this is a sad story, it really is. the private moment which you referred to was a sexual encounter, allegedly a gay sexual encounter. two students are under arrest for privacy law violations. think about what one of suspects tweeted as he was live streaming the video of his roommate having this sexual moment, this romantic moment. roommate asked for the room till midnight. i went to molly's room, that's the co-defendant and turned on the web cam, saw him making out with a dude, yay. that has gay rights groups calling for this to be prosecuted as a hate crime not just a civil rights violation. certainly as more than a privacy law violation case. right now the two suspects are home with their families. they've been released one on his own recognizance awaiting arraignment. the family is new york city waiting to identify a body pulled from the river. >> are the prosecutors weighing in at all at this point about whether they may proceed on a hate crime basis? >> reporter: not at all on that. i have long talks, background t
mike joins us. tell us how this unfolded. >> reporter: this is a sad story, it really is. the private moment which you referred to was a sexual encounter, allegedly a gay sexual encounter. two students are under arrest for privacy law violations. think about what one of suspects tweeted as he was live streaming the video of his roommate having this sexual moment, this romantic moment. roommate asked for the room till midnight. i went to molly's room, that's the co-defendant and turned on...
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we had great cooperation with the mlb that helped us and gave us this footage and let us see all the different camera angles, we return again and again to a photograph that would anchor you in meaning as well as illustration. you don't want to illustrate it, but have meaning where 1 and one, word and image don't always add to to two or three. that's what we want. we want that strange and impossible calculus in our lives. >> wha who is the break out commentator: pedro martinez? >> pedro is surprising. he did an unbelievable interview with him and joe torre. they have fandom in the most dramatic way. particularly in the top of the tenth, he is so moving. he knows barry bonds and he is a fan of the giants and know what is it is to be a hispanic america. without the role models and the resistance in baseball is what rewarded that group in the midst of an era where we are talking about against them. i think in some ways it's torre and pedro and howard bryant is great and so is tom and so many people. so are you? >> no, no. >> you don't get the opening statement for nothing, buster. >> far
we had great cooperation with the mlb that helped us and gave us this footage and let us see all the different camera angles, we return again and again to a photograph that would anchor you in meaning as well as illustration. you don't want to illustrate it, but have meaning where 1 and one, word and image don't always add to to two or three. that's what we want. we want that strange and impossible calculus in our lives. >> wha who is the break out commentator: pedro martinez? >>...
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nbc's tracie potts joins us now from capitol hill. good morning. >> good morn pentagon. it's going to be a big day, a big week and a big season headed into the elections as congress tries to figure out whether or not to extend these bush tax cuts that are expiring at the end of the year. now, coming out of the weekend republican leader john boehner who had been critical of the president's plan signaled that he might support it in order to get something done before these tax cuts expire. but all hopes of a compromise were dashed when his party came out very strongly yesterday and said that these tax cuts must be preserved for everyone, the poor, the middle class, and, yes, the wealthy. those who make over $250,000. his party is not the only group to support that. we now know of at least three democrats who say, look, this is the wrong time with our economy still not on good footing to raise taxes. we need to preserve these tax cuts for everyone. so it's a fight not only against republicans but against some members of the democratic party as well. lynn? >> thanks. >>> last
nbc's tracie potts joins us now from capitol hill. good morning. >> good morn pentagon. it's going to be a big day, a big week and a big season headed into the elections as congress tries to figure out whether or not to extend these bush tax cuts that are expiring at the end of the year. now, coming out of the weekend republican leader john boehner who had been critical of the president's plan signaled that he might support it in order to get something done before these tax cuts expire....
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can you sort this out for us? what's the problem? >> well, the queen has always had a bit of a reputation for being frugal, but in her defense, we are talking about really big utility bills. about $1.5 million a year. times are hard at the moment. we're fresh out of a recession and it seems even the queen is counting the royal pennies. according to documents unearthed by a british newspaper, someone at buckingham palace wrote to the government to ask for their share of a special fund which was really designed for people on no incomes. the money had been set aside to upgrade rickety old heating systems to make them more energy efficient. and no doubt buckingham palace and windy castle fit that bill. the trouble is the queen is generally considered to be way above the poverty line. a spokeswoman for buckingham palace has said that royal aides didn't know the money was earmarked for the poor when they wrote the letters and they were just trying to save the taxpayer money by improving energy efficiency. as you can imagine, this has got t
can you sort this out for us? what's the problem? >> well, the queen has always had a bit of a reputation for being frugal, but in her defense, we are talking about really big utility bills. about $1.5 million a year. times are hard at the moment. we're fresh out of a recession and it seems even the queen is counting the royal pennies. according to documents unearthed by a british newspaper, someone at buckingham palace wrote to the government to ask for their share of a special fund...
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give us time to see -- >> reagan used to say stay the course. he only lost 26 seats by saying stay the course, hang with me. >> people thought it would be much, much worse. clinton says obama needs to acknowledge people's anger, including many people's disappointment in him. not run away from it. run into it. he said he was happy the other day on cnbc when president obama got confronted by that woman who said she's getting tired of defending him. she said o bobama needs to hear that. >> all that is about empathy. bill clinton was the empathizer in chief, barack obama, even with the question, he gave kind of a long answer. he's not the glad hander, hugging the women, kissing the babies. that's just not who he is. i don't know if bill clinton's be more emp thetic, it's not barack obama and i wonder if it wouldn't look a little inauthentic if he tried it. >> here's what we said to you, john. he all of this is hard stuff given the realities. we have a 9.6 employment rate. it seems as long as that's hanging up there, the rest of this is trying to cut
give us time to see -- >> reagan used to say stay the course. he only lost 26 seats by saying stay the course, hang with me. >> people thought it would be much, much worse. clinton says obama needs to acknowledge people's anger, including many people's disappointment in him. not run away from it. run into it. he said he was happy the other day on cnbc when president obama got confronted by that woman who said she's getting tired of defending him. she said o bobama needs to hear...
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guys, thank you for joining us. doesn't the white house actually want the vote at the moment so they can tout it as a win going into midterms? >> i think they want this vote and there are members of the senate and house who wanted this vote. ultimately leadership decided it didn't make sense for them which is a shame because most americans can agree that at a time of incredible deficits now is not the time to be giving an additional tax break to the richest americans. so, while i don't think this was the most politically savvy move for democrats, i think this would have been a good thing for them going into midterms to force a vote on this. i do think there is a silver lining which is when we come back from midterms, i think you're more likely to get some republican support for this. >> john, who would stand to gain by delaying this, by putting this off? >> it's a very good question, richard. i think if you look at the democrats, you could charge them with legislative malpractice. they didn't do a budget at the begi
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his humility impressed all of us
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thank you for joining us. we've been waiting to talk to yo you. >> thank you. >> tom brokaw brought this up yesterday in our town hall. white male teacher ls would have to wait in line to become principals. they were always the leaders of the school. now there's a desperate crowd to get men in this profession on this level. why aren't we seeing a response? or fast enough response? >> one thing is the historical reflection of the fact we haven't had men inside the procession. we had this bunk idea teaching were for women. you didn't find men looking to compete for teaching jobs. not only are they incredibly needed, particularly when you look at the amount of single-parent households, we need men to serve as not only role models for the boys, but also for the girls as well. >> what does a man offer that perhaps a female teacher cannot? >> particularly for young boys and young girls, if you have a situation like we do in the country where almost half of all students are growing up in a single-parent household, mo
thank you for joining us. we've been waiting to talk to yo you. >> thank you. >> tom brokaw brought this up yesterday in our town hall. white male teacher ls would have to wait in line to become principals. they were always the leaders of the school. now there's a desperate crowd to get men in this profession on this level. why aren't we seeing a response? or fast enough response? >> one thing is the historical reflection of the fact we haven't had men inside the procession....
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give us your sense of the situation. our nbc station there in miami was reported it starred last night with a domestic dispute. >> not too surprising, contessa, a situation like this gets very confused. there were multiple reports today, as you suggest, a domestic dispute last night. there was also reports that there was a home invasion, a hostage taking that a bank teller was forced to wear an alleged explosive device on his body, and had entered the bank. there were also reports of multiple bank robbers so this is flying left and right, but, supposedly, the fbi, earlier this morning, indicated to their knowledge that one person had entered the bank wearing a bomb about 11:30 or a half an hour ago. we do know that a shirtless man had exited the bank, was in handcuffs and was in police custody and that the bomb squad was on the scene supposedly evaluating whether there was a device inside the bank, if that device was actually a bomb, and they are spriting separate the bad guys from the victims, who is a victim and who is
give us your sense of the situation. our nbc station there in miami was reported it starred last night with a domestic dispute. >> not too surprising, contessa, a situation like this gets very confused. there were multiple reports today, as you suggest, a domestic dispute last night. there was also reports that there was a home invasion, a hostage taking that a bank teller was forced to wear an alleged explosive device on his body, and had entered the bank. there were also reports of...
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the hollywood director joins us live. i'm coming to take over the world, of lick racing, starting with you, dsrl. stufy, make the call. ♪ [ dialing ] [ beeping ] [ beeping ] [ beeping ] [ eli ] it's go time. ♪ ♪ to save me a boatload of money on my mortgage -- that would be awesome! [sarcastically] sure. like that will happen. don't just think about it. spend 10 minutes at lendingtree and save up to $272 a month. ♪ [ male announcer ] we touch a lot of things throughout the day. so it's nice that clorox disinfecting products help kill the germs that can live on surfaces for up to 48 hours. ♪ feels sweet when i can touch you ♪ > trust me on this one, live tv can get pretty crazy. there's just so many moving parts. usually, the chaos is confined here to the control room. however, however, that certainly was not the case in the live finale of australia's "top model." you have got to see this. watch what happens after the host announces the winner. >> oh, my god. i don't know what to say right now. i'm feeling a bi
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>> as you get to know us. at first you would be like, oh, no, the terrible birth parents from the wrong side of the track want the kid back. no. for any adoptive parents, it would be unthinkable that someone could all of a sudden revoke the decision of the child that is your child after six years of raising him as your own. but you see us striving mightily to become better people and to rise above our ined a cauadequi we all love the child and you see the child would fill in us this chance to have a new life, like a dreamed of family that we don't have. so, you know, but of course, the other family is the one that everyone will initially completely sympathize with because as a parent that's immediately what you would think, how could someone take away your child. >> it does. it opens up the debate of what's your definition of a family. it sounds like it's a great, great movie. i can't wait to see it. and, willie, so, let me just tell you a little bit. >> i loalready know this. it's depressing. >> she graduated
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our starbucks this morning and none of us knew him. it just shows that, again, in new york -- we talked about the paladino race, there's a lot of andy incumbent, andy obama, andy democratic feeling. even in places like new york where you think democrats would be safe, it is going to be a challenge. she's not very well defined. and a stronger person in the race against her could really -- >> why don't we just go through the "morning joe" list of potential candidates. >> they've all sat in that chair. >> they sat in that chair. if harold ford had stayed in the race, he would have walked away with it. if dan seen know. >> i think he would have been a strong candidate. >> i call him mr. senator right now. >> the whole delicate issue of when you run and make that judgment. >> a fine balance. >> such a squeaker in politics. >> of course, mort zuckerman as well. >> let's look at colorado. the times/cnn poll shows that incumbent michael bennett trails republican ken buck by a five-point margin, 49% to 44%. >> here, of course, we heard buck was
our starbucks this morning and none of us knew him. it just shows that, again, in new york -- we talked about the paladino race, there's a lot of andy incumbent, andy obama, andy democratic feeling. even in places like new york where you think democrats would be safe, it is going to be a challenge. she's not very well defined. and a stronger person in the race against her could really -- >> why don't we just go through the "morning joe" list of potential candidates. >>...
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. >> thanks for being with us. if you are in delaware, vote carefully. >> it's "morning joe" right now it's the "daily rundown." >> it this morning as delaware goes so goes republican hopes for taking the senate. we're live on the ground in the most watched race of the day. plus, just what is it the republican position on tax cuts? the "daily rundown" interview with mitch mcconnell. we'll ask him about his dispute with john boehner and after a year in an iranian prison, sharh shourd is released. good morning. it's tuesday, september 14th, 2010. 49 days until the midterm elections. i'm savannah guthrie. >> i'm chuck todd. we'll start in tehran with the developing story. sarah shourd was released from iranian custody. not quite free filling out paperwork. andrea mitchell broke the story and she has the latest on the ground in tehran. andrea, take it away. >> reporter: well, chuck and savannah, this is obviously emotional. it's an up and down crazy kind of story. sarah shourd has been released. the iranian government
. >> thanks for being with us. if you are in delaware, vote carefully. >> it's "morning joe" right now it's the "daily rundown." >> it this morning as delaware goes so goes republican hopes for taking the senate. we're live on the ground in the most watched race of the day. plus, just what is it the republican position on tax cuts? the "daily rundown" interview with mitch mcconnell. we'll ask him about his dispute with john boehner and after a...
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call us at... or visit your local liberty mutual office, where an agent can help you find the policy that's right for you. liberty mutual auto insurance. responsibility. what's your policy? >>> stocks finishing lower after wild market swings. the dow falling 47 points. s&p slipping 3.5. investors closing out the books on a positive quarter and best september in 71 years. strong gains this month and stronger results for the quarter. tech and consumer stocks seeing a lot of activity and oil prices are up about 11% this month. aig shares ending higher after failing two japanese units. dollar thrifty shares flat after shareholders rejected a takeover. and breaking news from hewlett-packard. former ceo will take the reigns following the departure of mark herd. back to "hardball." >>> you know, back when i was a kid. welcome back to "hardball." we used to go at a family up to lake george, new york. something scary happened there last night. it involved carl paladino going after a "new york post" reporter
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announcer ] using less never felt so good. new charmin ultra soft. enjoy the go. >>> let me finish tonight with a question of open service in the u.s. military. i think don't ask, don't tell was probably destined to be an intermediate solution in the debate between those who support it and those who opposed open service. the premise was that a gay person would agree to a strange compact on joining the military services. a gay person would be allowed to serve as other americans do, but only if he or she didn't say they were gay. if they didn't declare their sexual orientation in some other direct way. the problem, as has been explained on this show, is that this don't ask, don't tell rule didn't apply to straight soldiers they could come back from a weekend pass full of row romantic exploits, sharing them for all to hear. the gay soldier or sailor would have to keep quiet on what he or she did over the weekend. to do otherwise would be to violate the compact, don't tell has meant just that, don't tell. my hunch, having never se
announcer ] using less never felt so good. new charmin ultra soft. enjoy the go. >>> let me finish tonight with a question of open service in the u.s. military. i think don't ask, don't tell was probably destined to be an intermediate solution in the debate between those who support it and those who opposed open service. the premise was that a gay person would agree to a strange compact on joining the military services. a gay person would be allowed to serve as other americans do, but...
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you put us in this position, now get us out of it. >> i think you're absolutely right. what's startling to me and you're hiting on, there's so much willful disacknowledgment of the truth. she does haven't a background that people would want in a politician. >> not only that, she lied about it for years. >> the republican party made such a big deal about geithner about not paying his taxes, about barack obama not being qualified, to turn around and say she's great, we love her. it's astonishing. >> let me tell you sarah palin will be in delaware, jim demint will be in delaware, i predict it. this is pour ten shows. look at these names, specter, crist, murkowski, bennett, mccaskill. tea parties went after them and knocked him off. they say we pick our candidates, not you, even though all five sernl winners. you go to iowa, straw poll is august of next year. sarah palin walks in, she's got the christians, she's got the conservatives, she's got the tea party, she's got glenn beck out there trying to get 100,000 people. they may have to move that thing to soldier field. >> a
you put us in this position, now get us out of it. >> i think you're absolutely right. what's startling to me and you're hiting on, there's so much willful disacknowledgment of the truth. she does haven't a background that people would want in a politician. >> not only that, she lied about it for years. >> the republican party made such a big deal about geithner about not paying his taxes, about barack obama not being qualified, to turn around and say she's great, we love her....
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thanks for being with us. "countdown with keith olbermann" starts right now. >>> which of these stories will you be talking about tomorrow? the great republican small business scam. small business is a brand name. the shocking truth about which businesses are called small businesses and why. the "chicago tribune," a "small business." bechtel, small business. a "countdown" special report, small in name only. with pulitzer prize-winning journalist david k. johnson and chris hayes. >>> and the story of the route to the truth. via lawsuits and this rare slip of honesty. >> when you start to look at who's going to be taxed, about half of all small business income will be taxed under the president's proposal. >> old man yells at cloud. john mccain loses it when confronted by the fact that the military has investigated gay personnel, despite the supposed protections of don't ask, don't tell. >> i know the military very well. and i know what's being done. and what is being done is that they are not seeking out people
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thanks for joining us. you must be thrilled with oprah's million dollar donation. >> absolutely, norah. completely. >> what will you use that money for? >> one, to allow us to open a fifth school so we are excited to serve more kids. two, it also allow us to attract and retain how quality teachers. >> craig, i want to give everybody a little bit of information about the learn charter schools network. you have four schools on chicago's south and west sides. you offer preschool to eighth grade and your goal is to have 16 high performing elementary schools by tint between the more than 80% of them meet or exceed state standards and a lot of them are on their way to college and they graduate. how do you do it some. >> a couple of things. one, we do not believe low income means low performance. we believe the opposite. we believe an excessive college education. four pieces of formula. one, longer school days, we have more school days, we start august 2nd. we have fewer kids in the classroom only 25 kids and two
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by either us in the media. as the 1994 contract with america, is fact there were so many comparisons to that time period and thought if newt gingrich can do this, then john boehner can do this. the big difference, i want to ask this question of both of you and perry, the organizes force in 1994 was newt gingrich. in 2010, it's the grass roots. i think that's the complaint here, that that's not reflected in this pledge. richard? >> yeah, and it's not reflected because which part of the grass roots force of are they channelling here? clearly, people want to talk about the economy and is that the deficit side, the tax cut side. the one new piece of it is the obama piece. is that going to run into a chain saw on the deficit questions because technically, health care lowers the deficit. i don't know which part of the tea party they want to channel here other than the winning part. the motivation part. you don't want to mess with that. >> perry, what did we learn potentially from this episode, watching this back and
by either us in the media. as the 1994 contract with america, is fact there were so many comparisons to that time period and thought if newt gingrich can do this, then john boehner can do this. the big difference, i want to ask this question of both of you and perry, the organizes force in 1994 was newt gingrich. in 2010, it's the grass roots. i think that's the complaint here, that that's not reflected in this pledge. richard? >> yeah, and it's not reflected because which part of the...
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you use the term tea bagger as you use republican. billionaires like coke invented the tea party and now they're look, back and saying, in inventing the tea party, did we destroy the republican party. now, you said something that scares me. you said no. that is a scary thought. let me spin it the best way i can. let me put a happy side to it because i think, you know what, you're right a lot more than i am right. i have to look at this as positive as i can. there was a day, really was a day, when you had the moderate republicans, genuine independents and blue dog democrats that never would have voted for ideologue republicans, but the other side of that is that you very rarely have seen democrats brought in by the frenzied right. there's two sides of it. i can't think of an election where you can say democrats, i mean, real democrats have been brought in by the frenzied right. i feel good about that. >> the turnout has not bode well so far this year for democrats number one, so the base has to be fired up. the base is the key to this
you use the term tea bagger as you use republican. billionaires like coke invented the tea party and now they're look, back and saying, in inventing the tea party, did we destroy the republican party. now, you said something that scares me. you said no. that is a scary thought. let me spin it the best way i can. let me put a happy side to it because i think, you know what, you're right a lot more than i am right. i have to look at this as positive as i can. there was a day, really was a day,...
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pass-through business types commonly used by small businesses." they call them pass-through companies because they file no taxes, passing through profits to the owners who report them on their individual tax returns instead. in short, they are considered small, not because they have a small payroll, but because they have a small number of owners. it's not the income that's small, it's not the number of employees that's small, it's just the total number of owners that's small. in the case of "s" corps, up to 100 owners. >> my colleagues and i -- >> when politicians talk about small businesses, they are including any company that pays taxes as a pass-through. house democrats last week identified three limited partnerships that file as pass-throughs. a pipeline company called enterprise, the wall street firm, kohlberg, kravitz, and roberts, and the accounting firm pricewaterhousecoopers. the koch brothers own website lists partnership after partnership after partnership that make up a small business empire of 70,000 employees. according to the "washi
pass-through business types commonly used by small businesses." they call them pass-through companies because they file no taxes, passing through profits to the owners who report them on their individual tax returns instead. in short, they are considered small, not because they have a small payroll, but because they have a small number of owners. it's not the income that's small, it's not the number of employees that's small, it's just the total number of owners that's small. in the case...
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what's wrong with us. what's happened to us as a country? >> yeah. yeah. joe, it sounds like a president, i just talked to bill clinton. is right on this. he say they ought to think of alternatives and what they're voting for and against rather than pounding their fists. i know the mood. i appreciate what you're reporting here. and certainly i haven't seen anything like this guy, karl paladino. i hope i don't see too many like him in politics. anyway, maybe i'm wrong. thanks for joining us. joe klein. earl lewis. errol lewis -- well, there's quite a managery out there. thank you, joe klein. who's been out there checking out the cages. we'll be back with bob woodward, the best journalist in the country i think, with no offense to these guys the best investigative reporter in the country. his big book, an insight into this war in afghanistan. "obama's war" is the name of the book. we'll be right back. words alone aren't enough. my job is to listen to the needs and frustrations of the shrimpers and fishermen, hotel or restaurant workers who lost their jobs to
what's wrong with us. what's happened to us as a country? >> yeah. yeah. joe, it sounds like a president, i just talked to bill clinton. is right on this. he say they ought to think of alternatives and what they're voting for and against rather than pounding their fists. i know the mood. i appreciate what you're reporting here. and certainly i haven't seen anything like this guy, karl paladino. i hope i don't see too many like him in politics. anyway, maybe i'm wrong. thanks for joining...